Please find Patricks new website and blog here:  www.patrickconlinmetalsmith.com

Changes are afoot!

It has been a long while since we updated our blog- we are re-vamping our brand and will keep you posted with news as our new incarnation emerges.  Thank you for your interest and support these past years. New things to come!!

Valentines

 rose gold vermeil soaring heart on silk

pink tourmalines, garnets, amethyst and ruby with sterling hearts and butterflies

natural turquoise petals ands sterling flowery heart

Trunk Show

Hope all of our Willamette Valley in Oregon friends can come to our Trunk Show this Saturday Oct. 29 at 910 Lincoln from 5:30-8:00.  We'll have music, hors d'eouvres and, of course, beautiful jewels!

last of the summer sunflowers...

oxidized sterling flower with green turquoise on soft leather cording

hearts and ladybugs and fun fall motifs!

 

Summer is in its prime and we are loving our indoor/outdoor studio time with doors swung wide open and fans blowing strong keeping the creativity flowing! We're back from our NY show and focusing on preparing opening orders for our wonderful new stores and the holiday pre-orders are starting to roll in.  We love the dog days, the blue skies, the afternoon slow downs in the heat and the cool gorgeous evenings here in the Pacific Northwest.  It is so lovely to be able to do what we do, creating beauty and sending it out into the world. What an amazing thing and we are humbled and grateful!!

NY Gift in August

we've just added a new show to our summer schedule.  We're excited to be appearing at the New York International Gift Fair, New Yorks Newest in the brand new Artisan Jewelry Showcase on Pier 92 in mid-August.  This is a huge trade show for wholesale buyers all over the world. Looking forward to it and to fabulous NYC

tis the season for symbols of peace and love!

prepping these and a batch of other sweet pieces to be dipped in 18k vermeil 

cast sterling holly leaf on deerskin with ruby & vessuvianite, perfect for winter wear

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short days, long nights, sleeping cats, crackling fires AND a new puppy on the way.  the studio is buzzing with orders taken over the weekend for our local Holiday Market and a few heading out for shops and galleries across the land-   the house is filled with warmth, extra coffee brewing up on chilly afternoons and piles of holiday cards waiting for messages and signing. December is one of our favorite months!
xo katy jane

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beginnings of new collections and a sale!

greetings- we are home from our recent travels and are filled with thoughts and visions of new designs and projects and ideas for refining and re-defining our studio space and display.  We can never sit still for long. Patrick is working steadily on two amazing commissions which he will document in his blog  as he finds the time.

the garden is wild and inspiring and I pulled out several 6 ft. tall weeds over the weekend, which was sunny, finally!

 garden art..

funky jewelry display lady

never sad about a petunia

from the newest 'sweeties' collection- tiny bits of shiny & oxidized silver and coming soon in 22k gold!

and finally, our big summer sale. happy summer (almost) everyone!

xo katyjane

from Seattle to Las Vegas & back!

a few images from our last 2 weeks on the road to NW Folklife in Seattle & jewelry week in Las Vegas!

Patrick in our booth at ACRE

Patricks mom Jeanne wearing one of his repousse broaches gifted to her a few years back and an amazing handmade vest. She always looks so stunning.

customer service with a smile

the Conlin fam- Peter, John, Mike & Connie

our booth at ACRE

it was 110 degrees in sin city!!

modeling the 'tribal heart' piece Patrick finished just before we left

joshua trees are so kooky

Eagle Lake just south of the Oregon border a bit, just before we hit the same damn rains that were falling when we left. Wheres summer????

sneak preview

day and night and night and day and day and night we've been working it seems these days. Here are a few sneak peeks of what we've been working on here on Pearl Street. for the NW Folklife crowd in Seattle next weekend!

sunflower and twig

flower  heart, ametrine and ruby

meadow flower and butterfly, peruvian opal

soaring heart and peruvian opal

lotus and gems

sterling flora ring, carnelian and gilded 22k gold bee

peace beads

hope to see all of our Seattle friends out enjoying the music and art!! xo Katy Jane

bits of a day

the hours fly by as I work in the studio alone- Patrick was here part of the day and then teaching for the afternoon.  I can focus only for so long at a time until I have to wander out into the garden when its sunny.  It so much an inspiration for our jewelry designs, in case you couldnt tell. The Flowers are coming!  

in the morning before I get too far, I usually stand in the back doorway, just outide our little soldering room and stare at the bamboo and the climbing rose with so many buds.  Next to Ganesh, and ponder....

daisy is in charge of this path

I'll bring some of this lavender inside this evening

a good day...

a birthday and suddenly its May!

Happy happy birthday to good friend Heidi today xoxoxoxo

I looked up and it was suddenly May!  Things have been so busy here in the studio and in the garden April just flew by. And now, it is truly the burgeoning spring I love so much. May and June are by far my most favorite months of the years with the lush greens and blooms everywhere and most of all the sun!!

We are working like mad to prepare for a June trade show  and a beautiful new catalog that will go out to our growing mailing list of galleries near and far.  Look for a retail catalog available to all by the holiday season this year !!!

We're also looking forward to setting up our beautiful new booth at NW Folklife in Seattle over Memorial Day Weekend. Gorgeous new silk wall panels are in the making as well as a new banner just designed ands sent off to the printer this week.  And lots of new pieces with, you guessed it, flowers, lovely gemstones, silk and leather.  It should be a great show and looking forward to spending some good times with family and friends that weekend as well.

Will try to blog a little bit more often rather than waiting so long. More soon xxoo Katy Jane

silk, silver and sapphire!

we are loving how these new fancy pendants look on colorful hand dyed, stitched silk ribbon

the meadowflower with cascades of sterling and gorgeous tundru sapphire

an array of our sterling bangles including the fiddlehead and meadowflower.